ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES | SUMMER 2026

Virtual Event with The People's Forum

Algarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice, cinema, media, and culture.

FILM SCREENING: Pride (2014)

Based on a true story, Pride follows a group of lesbian and gay activists in London who raise money to support striking coal miners during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.

PHARMA MONOPOLY – The Battle For The Future Of Medicines: Author Tahir Amin in conversation with Activist-Scholar Author, A. Kayum Ahmed

In PHARMA MONOPOLY, Tahir Amin and co-author Rohit Malpani pull back the curtain on a system that prioritizes power and profit over human well-being. This isn't just about the pharmaceutical industry—it’s about how access to medical care has been remade by private interests both in the U.S. and abroad, how governments have ceded control to monopolies, and how global health initiatives often maintain a status quo that leaves the most vulnerable behind while cementing existing power structures.

FIGURE DRAWING NIGHT w/ NICK SKOUG

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

In this one-day session, participants will practice figure drawing from life, working independently with guidance from Nick Skoug.

ABC da Greve (ABC of Strike) | Film Screening and Discussion

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

We bring back this film in a time when mass workers mobilizations and mass strikes are sorely necessary in the United States. It will be followed by a discussion* on labor unions, people's power and organized political movement, with invited co-discussants from the Party for Socialism & Liberation, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, local unions, and upper intermediate students from the Portuguese for Social Transformation classes taught by Natalia de Campos/ Syncretic Pleasures at The People's Forum

CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

Students will spend this workshop on June 13, 2026 learning the cyanotype process from beginning to end, with Praise Fuller.

Al-Bait Baitkom – Sudanese Open Mic

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

With special feature: Mohamed Araki a touring Sudanese musician, producer, keyboardist, and Sudan’s first Grammy-nominated artist through his work with Bombino.

Protest Testimony Project Roundtable

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a community roundtable as part of the Protest Testimony Project—an effort to make sure the people most impacted by protest policing have a direct line into how reforms are evaluated and enforced.

SCREENPRINT 101 INTENSIVE w/ FRANCESCA BARR

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

This two-session course offers a hands-on introduction to screen-printing as both an artistic medium and revolutionary tool.

FILM SCREENING: Cane River (1982)

Set in rural Louisiana along the historic Cane River region, Cane River follows the romance between two young African Americans whose relationship is shaped by class divisions, family expectations, and the complex legacy of race in the South

SCREENPRINT 201: GARMENT PRINTING w/ FRANCESCA BARR

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

In this two-session course, participants will be introduced to the equipment and processes involved in garment printing with water-based ink.

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